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otophysan

otophysan noun: any of the fish of the Otophysi series within the Ostariophysi superorder, also known as the Otophysa in some classifications.

Noun

otophysan (plural otophysans)

  1. Any of the fish of the Otophysi series within the Ostariophysi superorder, also known as the Otophysa in some classifications.
    • For soniferous otophysans, decreased auditory sensitivity is particularly harmful because it may reduce the capacity to detect acoustic signals from conspecifics.2015 September 24, “Stress and Auditory Responses of the Otophysan Fish, Cyprinella venusta, to Road Traffic Noise”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of otophysan

pluralotophysans

Origin of otophysan

From Otophysi + -an.

Questions about otophysan

What does otophysan mean?
Otophysan means any of the fish of the Otophysi series within the Ostariophysi superorder, also known as the Otophysa in some classifications.
What part of speech is otophysan?
Otophysan is a noun.
What is the plural of otophysan?
The plural of otophysan is otophysans.

Words near otophysan in the dictionary

  1. otopetrins
  2. otopheidomenid
  3. otopheidomenids
  4. otophylloside
  5. otophyma
  6. otophysan
  7. otophysans
  8. otophysian
  9. otophysians
  10. otophysic
  11. otophysine

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